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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Arica in Chile

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Earthquake location -18.7301S, -69.7502WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Arica in Chile on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:35:08 / 7:35 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 115.524 km (72 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.7502 West, latitude -18.7301 South, depth = 115.524 km. Id of earthquake: us6000pzy1. Event ids that are associated: us6000pzy1. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/03/25 / 2025-03-20 07:35:08 / March 20, 2025 @ 7:35 am.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arica. Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 64 km ESE of Arica, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.7502° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -18.7301° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 115.524 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 64 km ESE of Arica, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-20 07:35:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-20 09:27:50 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 259 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.665 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 112 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000pzy1 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pzy1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pzy1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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